"Ma'am."
When the conversation between the old woman and Chi Xiuke had come to a pause, Xiao Xiao spoke up. "Did someone come looking for Li Wei earlier?"
At Xiao Xiao's question, Meng Jixi, Chi Xiuchuan, and Chi Xiuke all looked enlightened.
The old woman, however, seemed surprised. "How did you know?"
"We happened to see him when we came upstairs."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Oh."
The old woman nodded.
But the next second, she realized something was off. "Wait, how did you know he was here to see Xiao Li?"
"Do you know him?"
"No."
Xiao Xiao shook his head. "It was just a guess."
"You know how we get a little obsessed with our cases. Whenever we see something, we start wondering if it has anything to do with them..."
"Looks like we guessed right this time."
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved with his smile.
The old woman sighed. "Yes, you guessed right."
Meng Jixi, Chi Xiuchuan, and Chi Xiuke's eyes all lit up.
They all felt as if a dead end had suddenly opened onto a new path.
"Could you tell us what happened?"
Xiao Xiao asked her.
"Oh, oh."
The old woman nodded. "Of course, of course."
"I thought you might come back for something you'd left behind, and I didn't know when that would be, so I kept an eye on the door."
"After all, you didn't know I'd picked it up."
"It wouldn't be good if you thought it was lost, would it?"
Because she was worried about that, the old woman kept listening for sounds at the door from time to time.
Later, she simply sat down at the dining table and read the newspaper.
"I heard someone knock."
After giving a brief explanation, the old woman got to the point. "I knew